raspa
Spanish, noun
raspa is spelled R-A-S-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raspa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fishbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of raspar. With an accent, raspá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of raspar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arista (filamento áspero que envuelve el grano del trigo)”.
What does raspa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefishbone
- 2
femininescorched rice
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of raspar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arista (filamento áspero que envuelve el grano del trigo). 2. Grumo o gajo de uvas. 3. Cualquier espina del pescado, especialmente la esquena. 4. Pelo (brizna desprendida de la pluma que impide escribir las letras limpiamente).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of raspa
- raspas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to raspa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raspa in Spanish?
raspa appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).